To resolve this issue:
Upgrade to the latest version of VMware Tools -
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004754Generally, the versions 11.0.1 and later of VMware Tools and open-vm-tools regardless of the OS include fixes. For Tar Installer or OSPs for Linux versions that do not ship with open-vm-tools, you can upgrade VMware Tools to version 10.3.21 or later.
For open-vm-tools, OS vendors have also included fixes in their latest package updates outside of VMware Tools' release schedule. The following table shows the package versions that include fixes for the memory leaks:
Linux OS | 11.0.x | 10.3.x | 10.2.x | 10.1.x |
Debian | 2:11.0.0-1 (unstable) | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2 (buster) | No | No |
Ubuntu | 2:11.0.5-4 | 2:10.3.10-3ubuntu1 | No | No |
OpenSUSE/SLE | 11.0.5-4.21.1 | (no 10.3.x in SuSE) | No | No |
Fedora | 11.0.0-4 | open-vm-tools 11.0.0 packages are available for all supported Fedora releases (Fedora 29 and later). | No | No |
RHEL | 11.0.0-4.el8 | 10.3.0-2.el7_7.1, 10.3.10-2.el7, 10.3.10-3.el8_1.1 | 10.2.5-3.el7_6.1 | 10.1.10-3.el7_5.2 |
Photon 2 | | 10.3.10-4.ph2 | No | No |
Photon 3 | | 10.3.10-3.ph3 | No | No |